Al Stewart - Big Pack

Sometimes you're between pure joy - and sheer panic someone could destroy your beloved memories. In this case: my 2nd wife listening to a radio announcement, Al Stewart on the way to give a special concert in our region, at a very fine location by candle light, only 300 tickets available ... "Dear, do you think we should go there?"

Well, good question. Is it a good idea to go 30 years after "Year of the Cat" to an Al Stewart show, always that wonderful (while made by Alan Parsons) record in mind? Expecting to be disappointed by maybe an old fart milking the dead horse to pay his rent? 

the announced location

First - and last - disspointment in this case: There were too many folks with the same idea, so the location had to change to a not so romantic place and setting. Arriving at a school building, entering the aula, 600 people in the room ... our hearts sank rapidly. But then the man entered the stage and it didn't took a minute for him to comfort them with pure joy.

What a great entertainer who doesn't need the perfect production of Alan Parsons, just him and another acoustic guitar, played by Dave Nachmanoff. Pure fun to see them both on stage. More fun: leaving the room after the show, we found Al sitting outside on a desk, signing records ie. One guy had his complete LP-collection with him and while signing every one of them, Al shared his memories on every piece ("Hey, I asked Roger Waters for his car to shoot the picture for the cover ..."). 

So I did what I'm really not used to: I purchased a DVD and asked for an autogram ... This is the rip of that DVD and that's the cover

2001-11-18 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA (DVDRip, FLAC)

01 Intro
02 Flying Sorcery
03 Antarctica
04 League Of Nations
05 Running Man
06 On The Border
07 House Of Clocks
08 Broadway Hotel
09 Apple Cider Reconstitution
10 Old Admirals
11 Roads To Moscow
12 Year Of The Cat
13 Clifton In The Rain
14 Small Fruit Song
15 Almost Lucy

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 1976-07-11 Upper Darby, PA (MP3)

101 Apple Cider
102 The Dark And The Rolling Sea
103 One Stage Before
104 Soho (Needless To Say)
105 On The Border
106 Broadway Hotel
107 Roads To Moscow

201 Nostradamas
202 Sirens Of Titan
203 Post World War 2
204 Blues
205 Year Of The Cat
206 If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It

1989 Cambridge Folk Festival (MP3)

01 Antarctica
02 Manuscript
03 Road To Moscow
04 On The Border
05 Year Of The Cat

2008-11-01 Ludwigsburg, Germany (MP3)

101 Al-Intro
102 Dave-Square Pig In A Round Hole
103 Dave-Story
104 Dave-Say Goodbye To The Elephants
105 Dave-Story
106 Dave-Firewomans Daughter
107 Al & Dave-House Of Clocks
108 Al & Dave-Tuning
109 Al & Dave-Flying Saucery
110 Al & Dave-Tuning
111 Al & Dave-Story
112 Al & Dave-Angry Bird
113 Al & Dave-Story
114 Al & Dave-A Childs View Of The Eisenhower Years
115 Al & Dave-Story  Ring My Bell  Wild Thing
116 Al & Dave-On The Border
117 Al & Dave-Story
118 Al & Dave-Clifton In The Rain  A Small Fruit Song
119 Al & Dave-Story  Tuning
120 Al & Dave-Gina In The Kings Road

201 Dave-Midnight Sea
202 Dave-Story
203 Dave-Thing Of Beauty
204 Dave-Story
205 Dave-Greatful
206 Al & Dave-Tuning  Story
207 Al & Dave-Bedsitter Images
208 Al & Dave-Story
209 Al & Dave-Hanno The Navigator
210 Al & Dave-Nighttrain To Munich
211 Al & Dave-Apple Cider Reconstitution
212 Al & Dave-Story
213 Al & Dave-Midas Shadow
214 Al & Dave-Running Man
215 Al & Dave-Story
216 Al & Dave-Peter Gunn  Year Of The Cat
217 Al & Dave-Story
218 Al & Dave-Joe The Georgian
219 Al & Dave-Story
220 Al & Dave-End Of The Day

This show gives a good impression on what we experienced

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